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' DAILY EVENING EDITIOT 1 & Jp o I'fDdleton of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. DAILY EVENING EDITION Formu ' for Eaem Orrffon. by th I'nited State Weather Obwrvn at Pirtland. Bain or snow tonight anil Tuesday, cooler tonight. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, .MONDAY, JAXlTAIiV 5, 1914. NO. snso r TANK STEAMSHIP ABOARD Liner Takes Captain and Seven Men From Doomed Vessel But Rest go Down off Sandy Hook-High Wind Drives Mountainous Seas Against Jersey Coast-Damage is Reported at Million Dollars. 1UN UVIK6 ALONE ON 'ISLAND IS WASHED INTO OCEAN "NEW YORK. Jan. 6. That the -American tunic steamship Oklahoma ank in the storm that raged off Han dy Hook haa been reported by wire lens from the Hamburg-American lln r itavarla which rescued Captain Al fred Guenter of the Okluhoma and seven members -of the crew. It Is be lieved the reHt of the crew, number ing 32, perished when the steamer went down. It is considered certain that the Oklahoma was the vessel reported by the Spanish liner Manuel Calve last night as' In distress off Sandy Hook. The Hamburg-American Hner Bava Tla is bound from Philadelphia to Boston but It was thought It might put into port to land the survivors. The J. M. Guffy Petroleum com pany owned the Oklahoma which sail edw from here on Saturday for Port .Arthur, Texas. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. A wireless -message received from the revenue cutter Androscoggin reported the cut ter Is aground at Cove Point on Ches .apeake Bay. The cutter Apache went to the assistance. ' fcEA BRIGHT, N. J.. Jun. 5. A 'million dollars dumage has been done here by the worst storm on the Jer sey coust In 30 years. Piers, wharves, breakwaters and cottuges have been damaged for &0 miles up and down the beach, being .smashed by the mountainous MVes.' The sands are Jittered . with wreckage. The death of Ellsworth Cottrell. living alone on Plum Island hus been reported as a result of the storm. The waves engulfed hi cottage and he vaj) swept away and drowned. It In feared that the schooner Ru perta has gone down off Ocean City with Captain Matthews and his crew on board. NEW YORK, Jun. 5. Seven steam ship stood by barely a cable's length raying Pendleton ai hurried visit 'last evening while en route back to Washington, Congressman N. J. Sln nott received from the Commercial association first-hand Information irdutive to the needs for a federal building In this city and promised to Work his hardest to secure for Pen dleton at the earliest possible date a building suitable for the housing of the postofflce and federal court. Although congress has declared against any building appropriations during the present session save emer gency measures. Congressman Slnnott expressed the hope that he would be able to get the local bill through as an emergency one. It will be a mat ter for the committee to determine, he said, and he declared that the re publican member of that committee had already promised his aid. The association last evening declar ed positively for the $60,000 appro priation which would insure $123,000 for the construction of the building. It seems that, since the request from the association that the building be made large enough to house the fed eral court as well as the postofflce, the attorney general ordered new plan which call for an expenditure of $300,000. The congressman ex pressed his belief that no city the slxe of Pendleton could hope for a build ing costing this amount and the members of the association were unanimous In refusing to ank for such an appropriation. Three plans have Veen prepared and It was the second of these, calling for a two-story stone building covering 8000 square feet, that was endorsed. This can be built with the money provided In the orig inal appropriation and In the bill In troduced by Slnnott. J In' order that he be reinforced in his demands, the representative asked that the action of the association be Incorporated In a formal letter to him and that letters also be sent to him by Postmaster Brown and Federal Judge R. S. Bean, setting forth the needs for the' postofflce and court room. He believed that the inade quate accommodations here for han dling the mall and the parcel post packages and the lack of any feder SinilOTT SAYS HE VILL WORK HARD TO SECURE GOOD FEDERAL BUILDING HERE F IN away but powerless to aid when the tank steamship Okluhoma went down according to further details which have reached here. Before the eyes of the lookouts on the, craft that were standing by the doomed vessel broke In two and the after portion went down like lead. All the crew which were on the vessel at that end perlnhed. By a miracle the fore part of the ship floated and the eight men which were clinging there were rescued. The Oklahoma became distressed lute Sunday and sent out wireless calls. The Culve was the Hrst to re spond. The Calve also sent out calls. Soon there were seven ves sels on the scene. All Sunday night the Okluhoma lay wallowing helpless ly In the sea. while about It circled the Calve, the liner Bavaria, the Jlner Carrlbbeun, the freighter Georgia, the revenue cutter Seneca, the Onona dago and the Gresham. The ships all made attempts to launch lifeboats but In the violent gale they were smashed against the big ship's sides. At duwn the sea grew quieter Then It was seen but part of the Ok luhoma remained afloat. A small group of men still clung on the re maining fragment of deck. At eight o'clock they were reached by a boat Irom-the Bavaria and rescued, but the stern of the vessel disappeared with 33 men. Strangely enough, the floating fragment orsrrrrro whlh the resetted men clung; not only survived the night but at the latest accounts was still afloat, a menace to navigation. From the tanker Winifred a mes age was received this afternoon re porting It was seeking the derelict. If found It will be dynamited. Details of the wreck were received by wireless from the ships which par ticipated in the attempts at rescue. The eight saved were aboard the Ra variu. which is believed will put in here to land them on the way from Philadelphia to Boston. al court room would constitute an emergency under which his bill could be submitted. Even then, he said, there Is a possibility that the house would refuse to consider it. Upon the passage of an other bill also depends the date for the com mencement of , building operations. The architect's office Is about two years behind In Its work and Is ask ing for relief In a bill Introduced in the senate. If this bill pusses, the preparation of the plans will be much expedited. Congressman Slnnott has been vis iting during the holidays at his home In The Dalles and notified the local Commercial association yesterday that he would arrive on No. 18. He was met by President Tallman, Secre tary Cranston and a delegation of members. At 7:30 a meeting was held In the club rooms at which the mut ter was discussed. - He left this morn ing for Baker. GOVERNMENT TO INQUIRE INTO MICHIGAN STRIKE GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Jan. 15. Acting Federal District Attorney Bow man was Instructed by Attorney Gen eral McReynolds to ascertain whether the federal laws are being violated in the copper mining district of the state. Bowman will make a personal Investi gation of the situation. MANY SEEK OREGON ix COME TAX POSITIOX WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The Ore gon senators have received applica tions from more than 150 for positions to be assigned to Oregon, In connec tion with the administration of the Income tax. law. Three of these plac es pay $1200 each per annum and the other $1600 and $1200 for expenses. All the applications have been trans mitted to the commissioner of In ternal revenue, who will make the se lection of four officials early In January, M MOST G SINKS STORM WRECKS ALL Cottages Piled Along Shore Kept Heavy Seas From Washing Sea Bright N. J. Into the Ocean. RUINS ARE PILED HIGH School Are CltMCd and Children Help In C learing; llem'h of Henri from the Severe Storm Other Cottage Are Undermined and ltcaly to Toi plo Into the sea. SEA BRIGHT, N. J.. Jan. 5 The schools closed here today and the children aided In clearing: un the de brls caused by the wrecks of cottages in the storm which swept along tne Jersey shore, causing at least a mil lion dollars dumage. Timbers were plied, along the water front. Exper ienced eurfmen were of the opinion that only the wreckage of the Octa gon hotel and the smashed cottages prevented the destruction of the town. The wrecked summer homes were piled along the beach in terrible con fusion and broke the force of the seas, thus preventing the waves sweeping Inward. The home of Secretary of War uarrison at Normandle. X. J., was among those which suffered heav damage. Numbers of cottages not ac tually destroyed are undermined and will be sure to topple Into the sea If the waves rise again lnjfore re pairs can be made. Watchmen patrolled the bench all night but with daybreak the gale sub sided somewhat. In Wisconsin 72 towns have entered- ia State wide social center organization POUGE CAPTAIN REILLY IS TO BE QUIZZED In connection with the huge wire tapping frauds In New York by the shrewdest gang of criminals In the world many police officials will be examined by the district attorney of New York county. Among these will be Domlnlck F. Rellly. who retired from the police force the day be fore It became known that he would be questioned. Rellly was long con fidential man to the chief of detec tive. The wire tappers In New York paid 15 per cent of their winnings to the police, according to the confessions of some of them to the district attorney. They have taken many hundreds of thousands of dollars during the last three years. SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE TO STATES WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Safe de posit companies may be held respon sible by states for the collection of Inheritance taxes upon securities held In boxes rented by patrons. This is the gist of a decision by the supreme court In a suit brought to test the le gality of such a law passed by the Illinois legislature. The Illinois su: preme court ruled the law was con stitutional and the federal supreme court upheld this decree. China's first cotton mill was built In 1891. Now It has 34 In operation. PREVENTED i N WOULD HAVE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY IN CAPITAL Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, Is at work draft ing a bill for a federal university at Washington. He will present the doc ument to a member of the house of representatives for introduction. The James plan provides for the appoint ment of a board by the president of the United States for the management of the school. An advisory board, consisting of a delegate from each state, Is to form a definite policy for the Institution., The bill will call for a preliminary appropriation of $500, 000. , BEN BURROUGHS BUYS LOCAL PLANING MILL , FROM J. A. BORIE CO. it was announced this after- noon by J. A. Borle that the planing mill and entire business of the J. A. Borle company In- eluding -the lumber yard has been, sold to Ben I Burroughs. An Inventory of the property is being taken and it is said Mr. Burroughs will take charge of the business at once. Two More 1U In Ontralla. CEXTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 5. Lee Plckard and Miss Glenna Herring succumbed to typhoid fever, bringing the total list of fatalities as a result of the present epidemic up to 15. Mr. Pickard was an Eagle and proprietor of a cigar store, having been In bus iness here for years. Miss Herring was the daughter of M. P. Herring, a prominent railroad man, and was one of the best-known young women of the city. C. W. Bryan, who reveloped typhoid here and who died In Tacoma hospital, was night yardmaster for the Northern Pacific In Centralla. NEWS SUMMARY Genera I. Tank steamer Oklahoma sinks off Sandy Hook with iuot of crew aboard. Heavy seas prevent rescue by vessels which stand by. Waves at Mociips wash away hotel. Severe sea reMrted along the Pa cific coast. Wreck of cottage at Sea Bright X. J., only thins that save town from iK'inir washed into the ocean. Mother Jo"e is tlctortel from coal fields In Colorado but she declares she will return. Suit Is begun against Colonel son at Copi Mir field on cluinre of con tempt of court. Governor Went advts- e hiin not to pay any attention to pa- ers) that may be served. Government will look Into affairs In Michigan copicr strike. Safe dcolt companies are rcspon. slide to state for Inheritance taxes de-,-lares federal supreme court. Hotly of Jessie McCann, girl who strangely disapcarcd, is washcU up on boa di at New York. More militiamen are on way to Cop. perfleW, Local. ' Pp. IUt files statement of expenses 15 days late and fails to mention sub scription to church. Congressman sinnot visit here ami outlines plan for additional appropri ation for local building. Iten ti. Burroughs buys lcndlcton planing1 mill from J. A. liorle. 1-rmers I'nlon preNres gtXHl pn grunt for 1'riday meeting. Pnnihmn ami Mellane arrested as accomplices of iMxIer. Divorce on Increase In county. Oregon Glee Club scores Mg lilt. Deputy Klicriff Strand to become farmer. SUIT BROUGHT FOR CONTEMPT BY, SALOQNMEN Colonel Lawson Will Face Charges for Disobeying Order of Court Not to Confiscate Liquor. MARTIAL LAW IS CONTINUED Huntington May lie Next Town to lc Cleaned up" by Goernor West and Hit Militia Other Towns are in Line icNcd Mayor and Itccorder Arrested, Iteleased. BAKER, Jan. 5. Proceedings for contempt of court against Colonel Lawson were Instituted by Attorney Nichols for the Copperfield saloon men for disobeying the order of the court not to confiscate .liquor. Deputy Herbert left here with copies of a com plaint In the Injunction suit to serve on Lawson. SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 5. That martial law In Copperfield will b continued until the authorities assure him the laws will be enforced was the state ment of Governor West. Ten militia men under Lieutenant Holman of Portland will arrive In Copperfield this afternoon to do police duty. If the town is quiet upon their arrival the governor plans to move Colonel Lawson and his men to Huntington this afternoon, and extend his - law enforcement activities to that town. It was Intimated that before he Is through he Is going to clean up Huntington, Whitney, Haines. Baker and other places if It is found the laws are not being enforced. COPPERFIELD. Ore.. Jan. 5 Pending an investigation of the dis appearance of the city books. Colonel Lawson placed deposed Mayor Stew art and deposed Recorder Clark un der arrest at one o'clock this after noon. The books were discovered later hidden In a vacant saloon. Clark admitted he climbed over the partiti on and concealed the books under an old box. He gave no reason but said he hid the books when he learned the militia was coming Friday. Stew art and Clark were rele-ised at the end of the military hearing. The town Is quiet The liquor bar fixtures are ready for shipment this afternoon. SXLEM. Ore.. Jan. 5. Governor West sent the following message to Colonel Lawson at Copperfield: "Un derstand Deputy Sheriff Herbert will be In Copperfield today. Be sure to extend every courtesy but pay no at tention to any papers he might serve " 2 MEN ARRESTED CHARGED WITH BEING ACCOMPLICES Charged with being accomplices of Bert Pixler In the alleged theft of Indian cattle. Uoy Pambrun and Joe McBane, two well known Adams men. have been arrested by Sheriff Taylor and are now In Jail. Pixler is in Jail in Walla Walla but will be brought back ht re for trial inasmuch as the alleged crime was committed In this country. It is charged that the three men stole eight head of cattle from the east end of the reservation, butchered four of them and sold the meat In Wulla Walla. Both Pambrun and McBane claim they were hired by Pixler and believed the cattle his property. Pixler Is an old offender and Is counted by officers as the shrewdest horse and cattlethlef In the north west. His career of crime commenc ed fourteen years ago when he was st nt up from Union county. He has been implicated in numerous rustling affairs since and was only paroled from the peltentlary three weeks ago. He was sentenced from this county on May 15. 1912. for stealing 2S head of horses at Thorn Hollow. Impli cated with him in the deal was Ralph McBane, a brother of Joe McBane. who Is now serving sentence In the federal prison, he being on allottee. SEATTLE CAN TAX fTU TI 1) ELAX IS 1 M PUOV EM EXTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. -The right of the city of Seattle to assess taxes on Improvements to leaseholders of tide lands was affirmed by the su preme court. The courts of Wash lngton held the city could tax the buildings, although they were erect ed on leased land. The taxpayers ap pealed, but the appeal was dismiss ed by the supreme court. fcelng unable to sing Is often a great relief to the company present. W.m DOWN BIG HOTEL 4 iCLIPS l Washington Coast is Strewn With Remains of Resort Which in the Summer Housed Thousands of Guests -Only High Waves Now Dash Over Townsite-Heavy Seas Are Reported All Along Coast. DISASTROUS WRECK NARROWLY AVERTEO IS FRISCO BAY HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 5. Where Mociips once stood there is now only mountainous waves, and the big ho tel which with the surrounding cot tages made Mociips a resort visited by thousands .of people every sum mer, has been washed away by the heavy seas washing- the coast " But for the wreckage thrown about by the waves, Mociips townslte differs in no way from the miles of beach whlcl. stretch out . The cottages were wrecked in the storm of six weeks ago and the ho tel, gradually undermined by the waves, collapsed sometime Saturday or Sunday. During the winter there are no residents at Mociips. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5. A dis astrous wreck on the bay In the heavy tog today was narrowly averted when the steamer Umatilla rammed the Southern Pacific ferry . Berkeley, which war crowded with passengers on the way from Oakland for the day's work in San Francisco. The Umatilla was leaving for Seattle and struck the ferry a glancing blow, crumpling eight or 10 feet of the fer HHEA JONES, DEPORTED, DECLARES SHE VILL GO BACK TO COLORADO COAL FIELDS DENVER. Jan. 5. Deported by the state militia from the Colorado coal mine strike section. Mother Jones de clared today: "I am going back there in Trinidad as soon as I can gel ready. I'm going back to assert my constitutional rights. General Chase may put me In Jail, but I don't In tend to be robbed of my rights meek t BEST FILES TARDY STATEMENT BUT FAILS TO MENTION CHURCHSUBSCnIPTIOII It cost Dr. James A. Best but $61 to be re-elected to the city water com-' mission, according to his own tardy statement which he has filed with Recorder Thomas Fitz Gerald. He llemUes his expenses as follows: For printing and distribution of paper HI; to Joe H. Parkes and Harry E. Bickers for registering voters $12.50; for stenographer $3.50. He con cludes his statement with the asser tion that "I have not expended or promised any other money or any other valuable things to secure such election." Aside from the disclosure or lack of disclosure in the statement, the In teresting thing to note is that Dr Best did not file his statement within the time provided by law, that he was in fact 15 days late In filing It end Is. according to a layman's Inter pretation of the corrupt practices act subject to a fine of $350 for his de linquency. Sec. 3496 of Lord's Oregon Laws provides among other things that any candidate for office shall file a state ment of his campaign expenses 'with in fifteen days after the election at which he was a candidate." Inasmuch as the city election was held on Dec. 1. the time limit expired on Dec. 13. Dr. Best's statement bears the filing date of Dec. 30. The same section also says. "Any candidate who shall fall to file such a statement shall be fined $25 for every day on which he was In default, unless he shall be ex cused by the court." The same law makes It the duty of the city recor der to notify the district attorney of any such failure and provides that the district attorney shall, within ten days thereafter "proceed to prosecute said candidute for such offense." Prosecuting Attorney Frederick Steler Is absent from the city and will be until the latter purt of the week so that it could not be learned wheth er or not he Is contemplating pro ceedings. Inquiry at his office failed to throw any light on the matter. Soinethlnfx Was Omitted. A good many people are quite open In expressing their belief that Dr Pest did not Include all of his expens es In his statement. For Instance they cite the fact that he subscribed $100 to the Christian church a short time before the election. He has not raid this subscription to date but. re COTTAGES WRECKED ry boat's apron. Wild excitement prevailed among the ferry's 2000 pas sengers until they were reassured by the crew that there was no danger. KAXCIIEK WHO FOUGHT LOXG IXMl TITLE DIES STEVENSON, Wash.. Jan. 5. Rob ert B. Frazler, who came to this city from Iowa by way of California in 1880, died here, aged 78 years. Hi. wife died just two and a half months ago. aged 73 years. When Mr. Frai ler came to this section of the state ' he took up a nonnested north of this place, and, after living and working on the land the required number of years, he sought to file on it. The homestead was a good one and, no doubt- someone else had an eye on the claim. Anyway Mr. Frazler was denied his request. Then began one of the moat famous legal battles In the history of Washington homestead lng. For 23 yeara the rancher kept up his fight for a deed to his home, and at last succeeded In being granted the long-sought-for title. ly. Because I dare to stand up for the downtrodden, I'm deported. It seems to me the national government ought to- put an end to such outra ges." Mother Jones arrived at Trinidad from El Paso Sunday and was met at the train by General Chase and hia militiamen and deported to Denver. gardless of that fact- it is held that he should have included it in his state ment. In defining what shall appear In the statement. Sec. 3496 says, "It shall set forth in detail" all the mon eys contributed, expended or prom ised by him to aid and promote his nomination or election, or both, as the case may be, . . . and all ex isting unfulill'.-il promises of every character and all liabilities remain ing uncancelled and in ' force at the time such statement la made, whether such expenditures, promises and 11a tilities were maile or incurred before, during or after. his election." The statement also omits to men tion the money the doctor spent over the bar, no Inconsiderable amount ac cording to the patrons of the different saloons on the Saturday night prior to election. CITY OFKKIW.S CLIMH ABOARD WATER WAtiOV PITTSBURG. Jan. 5 Pittsburgh today officially established a munici pal watercart. Its perigrlnatlons will be personally conducted by R. H. Jackson. Smoketown's t.ew district nttorney. On to this firs: municipal water-wagon of which there Is u rec ord, today climbed all the a'tant district attorneys, members of the district attorney's detective force a uI all clerks and court room uttui !! who were appointed by District At torney Jackson. They had to clam ber alnturd If they wanted the Jih which pay all the way from $ 1 50 to $6000 a year. As each employe wax Inducted in it office and handed his paper be In turn handed the district attorney hN resignation. All the resignations -r carefully filed away b) Jackson, who will allow them to become dusty and moth-eaten If none of the water wa gon coterie falls off the aqua curt The first time any member of J.ick son's staff flls off or climbs off Ihw wagon "Just to get the whip" that tottering lnilivldtial'4 resignation will e pulled from the files and a cepteil Today marked also the r-'-n'mri' into control of th Prrnroe- Mln-r municipal machine. Joseph G. Arm strong, succeeding William Mag a Mayor.